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Cell Phone DirectoryReverse cellular phone directory search news February 15 Reverse Directory for Cell Numbers - Intelius cancels it's reverse cell directory
It was great while it lasted for reverse cell phone lookup searches, but it looks the the Intelius reverse directory is done judging from this post: But until recently, the only people calling us were people we gave our cell numbers out to. Now, a company called Intelius has an online free reverse cell phone directory of 90 million numbers. Sort of a 411 for the wireless numbers. Cell phone user Nathan Hughes says "I have friends out there that I have lost contact with or never had a phone number for and you know, this would be a way of getting in touch with them. Yeah, people that I don't, if you don't want to be found than that's going to make it harder to do." Cell phone user Joseph Bergen says "it makes it easy to do a reverse cell number lookup to find information which I like, but there are privacy concerns that I think over time those get ironed out." One of the concerns is that no one explicitly gives Intelius their cell phone numbers to publish. The company gathers them from public sources like property records and sweepstakes lists. Joe Ridout of Consumer Action says "to be able to sell peoples' reverse cell phone lookup information and unlisted information to anyone who wants to buy them is a fundamental violation of their privacy." Consumer and privacy groups say another problem is that, though it just takes a few keystrokes to reverse cell numbers on the website, you can't opt-out of the directory online. Joe Ridout says "Intelius requires people to use the mail, to fax requests, to make copies of drivers licenses and other things. It's clearly an attempt to drag their feet and discourage as many opt outs as possible." The intelius directory is the first of its kind, but likely not the last since one in about 10,000 only have a wireless phone. Intelius couldn't comment because the company is in the process of going public. An IOP requires a quiet period in which the company is banned from promoting itself. Related article: A cell phone used by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can also be bought. When a reporter for NBC affiliate KGET of Bakersfield called the number, the person on the other end, who was connected to one of Schwarzenegger’s private businesses, expressed concern about how easy it was to obtain the private number. So did one of the nation’s largest wireless carriers. Verizon Wireless, which helped shoot down plans for a wireless directory as a “dumb idea,” said in a statement that it would take whetever step was necessary, including litigation, to “protect its customers’ numbers and privacy.” “Trolling the Internet, using data mining techniques and simply buying lists to create a directory are actions that clearly violate a consumer’s right to privacy,” the carrier said. “Verizon Wireless has long refused to release our customers’ numbers and we call on legislators and policy makers to ensure that what a consumer wants to be private stays that way.” Trisha Ebner of San Francisco also didn’t like the idea that anyone might be able to get her number without her knowledge. “That seems kind of ridiculous,” she said. “I think you should have to opt in rather than opting out.” Intelius says you can remove your number from its phone directory by faxing a removal request, along with proof of ID (like a driver’s license), to 425-974-6194. However, they do not make it easy to opt out of the service. There is no form on the company’s Web site, which says users must send in a fax with proof of identity. Nor will it tell you whether you are in the database. To find that out, you have to be prepared to shell out the $14.95 to search for your number, although the company says there’s no charge if the search fails. “Intelius requires people to use the mail, to fax requests, to make copies of driver’s licenses and other things,” said Joseph Ridout, consumer services manager of the advocacy group Consumer Action. “It’s clearly an attempt to drag their feet and discourage as many opt-outs as possible.” Intelius is led
by Naveen Jain, who founded Infospace Inc. before paying a
multimillion-dollar settlement in connection with allegations of
insider trading. The cell phone database has been live for a few
months, but its privacy implications took on added urgency this month
when the company filed for a $144 million initial public offering. March 28 Reverse Cell Number Directory
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